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Donilon, who appeared on four different Sunday shows, said a range of intelligence-gathering measures led to the successful mission, and that no single technique, such as waterboarding, was a determining factor.

“An operation like this is the result of hundreds of pieces of information and intelligence over time,” Donilon said on “Fox News Sunday.”

Cheney was far more critical of Obama’s handling of the Libyan conflict, saying the administration’s policy was muddled.

“I’ve been confused by it,” Cheney told Fox. “I think most people have been. It’s not clear exactly what the policy is. The idea that you can turn something that important over to NATO and have NATO deal with Libya and support our interests there doesn’t work very well. … It’s unfortunate we haven’t been more forthright and more forceful in terms of our approach.”

The decision to use military force, he said, should have been followed up with a real effort to oust Muammar Qadhafi.

“It’s not enough to simply sit on the sidelines and say get rid of Qadhafi,” Cheney said. “It looks as though the policy of the administration has been is to hope for Qadhafi’s departure but not be prepared to do enough to make sure it happens.”

He would not say what he would advise doing, but added: “It’s not clear to me this administration is up to the task.”

On a lighter note, Cheney said his health has improved since last year when he was diagnosed with “end-stage heart failure” and fitted with a battery powered device that helps his heart function.

He said hasn’t decided whether to seek a heart transplant, offering a rather political answer to a medical question: “I’m not prepared to make any medical announcements.”

Cheney said he’s working on a book, spending time with family and heading out on a fishing trip later in the month.

Asked whether he can get near water with an electrical device attached to his body, Cheney joked: “You’re not supposed to fall in.”

How could anyone with integrity and morals care what Dick Cheney has to say about anything?. He is a war criminal, a liar, dangerous man...and President Obama does not need his praise...he is so much more of a great man!

I cannot believe all the praise Obama is getting on th3e Sunday shows... what really happened anyway... he sent seals into a cakewalk to assinate OBL and take out all the witnesses. Now I DO NOT believe this garbage that Biden spews that there was a 50/50 chance of the seal s pulling it off.... seriously with those odds and the rest of our country in the tank he would not take a political shot at a 50/50 risk... not hardly... so Obama is a big hero for sending troops in on a day at the beach... and even if it is risky whay should he be lauded for risking someone else"s life. Another big scam. Forgot about the huge job losses, the foreclosures, the middle class homeless... lets spend the next month praising the Messiah. All I can say that I'm glad this happened early enough for the people get back to seeing bama as he really is.

BOY IS SEAL TEAM 6 LUCKY THEY DIDN'T CARRY OUT THE RAID WHILE BUSH/CHENEY WERE IN OFFICE. HOLDER WOULD NOW BEING INVESTIGATING THEM FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST A CIVILIAN WHO HAD ONLY COMMITED A MAN MADE DISASTER. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAPTURED MARANDIZED AND BROUGHT TO NYC FOR TRIAL.

Obloviator...Obama is a great man....full of strength , humanity, smart mind, caring..and for you not to recognize this is very sad. Go on living your life of hatred and not join in to work together to solve the problems of lobbyists and money lining the pockets of congressmen and corporate welfare. You would rather just keep hating...poor guy.

You lost the narrative Cheney, and you should stop trying to rewrite history. Your torture brought shame to and hatred of this country around the world, as did your directives to military in Abu Ghraib and other military sites. You are a black mark and black hole of US History.

Thank god for President Obama who is restoring America prestige and who vigilantly pursued Bin Ladin and Al Qaeda terrorists around the world. In just 2 short years, President Obama accomplished more in capturing and killing the members of that group than you ever did in the 8 you were in power.

Obloviator, Obama deserves credit for 1) restarting the effort to find bin Laden after Bush gave up (six months after 9/11), 2) keeping Bush's (and by default America's promise) to bring those responsible for 9/11 to justice 3) keeping his campaign promise to find bin Laden even if 4) he would have to enter Pakistan without authorization to do it. Something McCain said he would never do.

1. Our intel people get a head start in decoding the computer drives on Al Qaeda. Remember Osama was not in real time contact with his operatives. False messages could have been sent out.

Obama’s need to spike the ball with a public immediate announcement is as absurd as if FDR had bragged we had deciphered the Japanese Code in WW2.

2. Pakistan is given the option to shut up also to save face, like Israel provided Syria after Israel destroyed their nuke reactor.

3. The op would eventually come out anyway, as there were survivors and a demolished helicopter.

Then the Defense Dept issues a bland statement that Osama was killed in a special op in the “Pakistan Region” and that the United States “appreciates” assistance from foreign intel agencies (unnamed).

This would have sown discord and double crosses among the intel warlords in Pakistan much like cops with uncooperative gang members release one with no charges, so the others will turn on him assuming he is a traitor.

There were NO intel benefits of Obama’s rush to the cameras.

And Obama was warned by his intel staff–remember the public comments about “scattering the cockroaches”?

Any doubts that Obama’s early stampede to the cameras scattered the Al Qaeda cockroaches are erased if you consider how just a couple of minutes changed history with Todd Beamer.

On 9/11 Todd Beamer was on Flight 93. His wife saw the Twin Tower attacks and called him on his cell phone. Then Todd Beamer, with other passengers, heroically attacked their hijackers over Pennsylvania.

Just a couple of minutes notice, through mass media and a cell phone, changed history for good with Todd Beamer.

Obama’s rush to the cameras, with no good reason at best, (or solely for Obama’s own self glory, at worse) changed history and unfortunately has helped Al Qaeda.

Who cares what his opinion is, and why hasn't he been charged with war crimes yet?

I still want to see the minutes of the Energy Task Force Commision that was off limits to everyone except the leaders in the energy industry. I'll bet somewhere in there shows explains skyrocketing fuel prices.

How could anyone with integrity and morals care what Dick Cheney has to say about anything?. He is a war criminal, a liar, dangerous man...and President Obama does not need his praise...he is so much more of a great man!

Anyone capable of rational thought knows the significant contributions Cheney made to protecting the safety and security of America, among other worthwhile and valuable contributions Cheney made.

Cheney has many times more integrity, honesty and class than either you or Obama.

Your post is shallow, pure emotion and full of anger, vitriol and invective.

Obloviator...Obama is a great man....full of strength , humanity, smart mind, caring..and for you not to recognize this is very sad. Go on living your life of hatred and not join in to work together to solve the problems of lobbyists and money lining the pockets of congressmen and corporate welfare. You would rather just keep hating...poor guy.

When Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a national intelligence apparatus that failed to provide specific, actionable intelligence adequate to keep America safe. Over the objections of many Democrats, Bush and the Congress proceeded to build a national intelligence apparatus that contributed to keeping America safe from homeland attacks through the end of Bush’s term in January 2009.

When Obama took office in 2009, he inherited a national intelligence apparatus capable of providing the specific, actionable intelligence that enabled US forces to locate and kill Osama bin Laden.

Obama deserves credit for authorizing execution of the mission against Osama bin Laden, but intellectual honesty requires acknowledgement that Obama inherited much of the necessary capability from Bush.

Please explain to me why many from the left are against torture of our enemies, but support putting a cap or two into the head of an unarmed Osama Bin Laden?

And please explain to me why the democratic controlled house and senate for two years did nothing to change the Bush policies concerning Gitmo, moving forward with civilian trials of terrorist, as well as getting the troops out of harms way, etc?

Given that Bush/Cheney's six years of enhanced techniques didn't catch Osama Bin Laden, of how much real value were they? (We won't, of course, talk about how close they had gotten, and then chose NOT to move) Not to mention the violation such techniques are to our country's ideals, the Constitution, and to international opinion.

Goood ole' Dick. He's an "old fashioned guy." Not only did he build some death (yes, extermination!) camps on US soil for profit, but he used to be able to read about the advanced scientific procedures of Dr. Josef Mengle. But things change, and now, all he can do is hope to reinvent the holocaust.

Republicans are are so quick to take credit for the torture which may have helped in obtaining some of the intelligence which led to President Obama's decision to take out OBL. Go ahead and take the credit for the torture aspect. We on the left never said that it wouldn't produce a shred of credible intel. We just said that a) it's morally repulsive behavior b) there are much more effective methods for obtaining this information, and c) you discredit out reputation and mission by resorting to these inhumane tactics. GOP arguments that this is a prime example of why we should continue to torture just doesn't hold water. Just because it was may have been effective doesn't make it right. Nukes are effective, doesn't make it right to use them.

Obama deserves all of the credit for this operation. If Bush was still in office, the extra work that was needed to finally get OBL would never have been amassed because it wasn't a priority for Bush.